In the beginning, I very much enjoyed reading about the characters and their relationships. Afterwards I was amazed at the things I had forgotten or never knew about Nigerian history.
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eyal reviewed Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A masterly, haunting new novel from a writer heralded by The Washington Post Book World …
Amazing in two different ways
5 stars
eyal rated Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain): 5 stars
Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain) by Lloyd Alexander (Chronicles of Prydain (4))
eyal rated Americanah: 5 stars
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National …
eyal rated The Night Circus: 5 stars
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the …
eyal rated Parable of the Sower: 5 stars
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed, #1)
In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. …
eyal rated Raven Stratagem: 5 stars
Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #2)
When the hexarchate's gifted young captain Kel Cheris summoned the ghost of the long-dead General Shuos Jedao to help her …
eyal rated Ninefox Gambit: 5 stars
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives …
eyal rated Stories of Your Life and Others: 5 stars
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's …
eyal reviewed Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" is a …
Review of 'Not That Kind of Girl' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
If you liked Girls, this is definitely a book for you. But even if you didn't - Dunham is authentic, funny and endearing, and her writing is - for lack of a better word - applicable - to any girl, woman, or human trying to make his way in the world.
eyal reviewed Too much happiness by Alice Munro
Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers--the winner of …
Review of 'Too much happiness' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I was unprepared for how moving, brilliantly and sensitively written, and enjoyable this collection would be. I mean, I liked "The Beggar Maid" and all, and that's why I decided to read another book of Munro's, but after this I feel like I should just read it all of her works. The closing story, about the 19th century mathematician expatriate Sophia Kovalevsky, completely overwhelmed my expectations.
eyal rated Anatomy of Melancholy: 5 stars
eyal rated Ancillary Mercy: 5 stars
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.
Then a search of …
eyal rated Ancillary Justice: 4 stars
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she was …
eyal rated The real story: 4 stars
The real story by Stephen R. Donaldson (The gap into conflict -- book 1)
Science fiction roman.